Category: past

Happy holidays! Since I like to focus on all things fabulous here, I wanted to share one of the best days of my childhood with you. I always get a bit nostalgic about this at this time of the year because when I was 13, I got tickets to see New Kids on the Block [...]

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Today is my last day of classes for the fall 2013 semester. Where has the time gone?? I begin my final semester next month. Did I really just type that? I remember my first day of school in fall 2011. I went to a writing class that is required for communications majors, after attending a [...]

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I was recently looking for some information on my university’s website. As I was looking through the site, trying to find what I was researching, I came across the flow sheet for my major. I got goose bumps. Why, you wonder? When I was trying to apply to my university in the spring of 2011, [...]

1. Confidence and a strong desire to work hard to succeed make a huge difference in my ability to believe I can do well in college. 2. My horrible grades from college in the 1990s don't define the academic Amy anymore, especially since I got a 4.0 GPA this semester. 3. It is weird having [...]

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Do you remember what sparked major life changes in YOUR life? I remember what prompted me to sign up for an online dating website--the one I met my husband through. I remember what prompted us to sell our condo and buy our house. That's a call I will never forget. I was parked at my [...]

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I've been thinking a lot about time lately--the past, the present, and the future. I've been looking back a lot at my previous college experience, as I've spent a lot of time in the last few weeks trying to work with the appropriate folks at my current institution to get previous credits transferred. In looking [...]